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Is the threat of foreign aid withdrawal an effective deterrent to political oppression? : evidence from 53 African countries
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study complements existing literature on the aid-institutions nexus by focusing on political rights, aid volatilities and the post-Berlin Wall period. The findings show that while foreign aid does not have a significant effect on political rights, foreign aid volatilities do mitigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496393
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Trade, aid and terror
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
This study assesses the role of foreign aid in reducing the hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on trade using a panel of 78 developing countries with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence is based on interactive GMM estimations with forward orthogonal deviations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408402
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Foreign aid volatility and lifelong learning: demand-side empirics to a textual literature
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
development through lifelong learning and knowledge economy as a competitive advantage. This may also explain why countries which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408497
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On the dynamic effects of foreign aid on corruption
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
We assemble more pieces on the puzzle of the aid-corruption nexus. In essence, we extend the debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by providing evidence on dynamic effects of wealth, legal origin, religious-domination, regional proximity, openness to sea, natural resources and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408498
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Reinventing foreign aid for inclusive and sustainable development : Kuznets, Piketty and the great policy reversal
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This survey essay reviews over 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development … on inequality in foreign aid policy will lead to more sustainable development outcomes. Inter alia: mitigate short …-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408850
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Foreign aid and governance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
that development assistance deteriorates economic (regulation quality and government effectiveness) and institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409152
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Reinventing foreign aid for inclusive and sustainable development : a survey
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This survey essay reviews over 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve sustainable and inclusive development … on inequality in foreign aid policy will lead to more sustainable development outcomes. Inter alia: mitigate short …-term poverty; address concerns of burgeoning population growth; train recipient governments on inclusive development; fight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409158
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A brief clarification to the questionable economics of foreign aid for inclusive human development
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The study clarifies the questionable economics of foreign aid for inclusive human development. It investigates the … effect of a plethora of foreign aid dynamics on the inequality adjusted human development index. Contemporary and non … the post-2015 development agenda. We also provide some recommendations for a rethinking of theories and models on which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409176
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Foreign aid and corruption : clarifying murky empirical conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Beecroft, Ibukun; Asongu, … - 2014
that both narratives in the debate are correct, contingent on the type of development assistance. The QR results are robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409208
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The questionable economics of development assistance in Africa : hot-fresh evidence, 1996 - 2010
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper assesses the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new … indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). The effects of Total Net Official Development Assistance (NODA), NODA … from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and NODA from Multilateral donors on economic prosperity (at national and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409239